Product Manager, Hivemind Pilot (R2904)

San Diego Metro Area

Hivemind Division – Product Management /

Full Time Employee /

On-site

The Hivemind Pilot (HMP) Product Manager guides the development and product roadmap for the AI and autonomy software developed by Shield AI and flown on real-world aircraft. As HMP Product Manager, you will set priorities for software releases based on a deep understanding of both internal and external autonomy needs. These will be driven by direct interaction with autonomy engineers and technical directors, as well as a deep understanding of the technical landscape and both government and commercial customers. You will be the owner and primary driver of Shield AI’s autonomy software.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

- Develop and maintain a roadmap for Hivemind Pilot that provides world-class autonomy across air, sea, land, and space domains in collaboration with engineering leadership.
- Create and oversee solutions to some of the world's most challenging autonomy problems, including multi-agent teaming, resilience to communications and GPS/GNSS jamming, inertial and visual state estimation, multi-modal and multi-hypothesis object tracking, and many more.
- Interface directly with customers to understand their goals, needs, and priorities with respect to autonomy.
- Develop product requirements based on deep understanding of customer needs.
- Be an expert user and evangelist for your product.
- Ensure the Hivemind Pilot product has world-class capabilities, extensibility, quality, and documentation.
- Understand the business and technical landscape that affects your product.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 9 years and a Master’s degree; or 7 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
- B.S. in Computer Science; Similar degree or equivalent practical experience acceptable.
- You have both breadth and depth of experience contributing to autonomy and robotics solutions.
- You are an expert communicator and collaborator with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- You are an expert at balancing technical vs business risks and turning engineering output into business outcomes.
- You are a relentless learner who can comfortably develop the specialized knowledge necessary for drive the roadmap of a highly technical product.
- You have deep customer empathy and are highly creative at crafting technical solutions to solve customer problems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Advanced degree in Computer Science or MBA
- 3+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar development experience
- Experience developing and shipping real-world autonomous robots
- Experience developing and shipping a developer-oriented product or platform
- Experience in highly technical customer facing roles
- Expertise in modern C++ and algorithmic development for autonomous perception, cognition, and action
- Expert user of robotics frameworks such as ROS/ROS2, NVidia ISAAC, or similar
- Experience with unmanned air systems Experience with airworthiness, functional safety, or cybersecurity

$157,199 - $235,796 a year

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